Sleeping Beauty 1961

The Brothers Grimm version of “Sleeping Beauty,” also known as “Little Briar Rose” (Dornröschen), is one of the most well-known adaptations of the fairy tale.

The story begins with a king and queen who long for a child. When their wish is granted, they invite twelve wise women (fairies) to bless the child, but they overlook the thirteenth fairy due to a lack of golden plates. The uninvited fairy curses the princess to prick her finger on a spindle and die on her fifteenth birthday. However, the 12th fairy softens the curse, decreeing that the princess will fall into a deep sleep for 100 years instead of dying.

On her fifteenth birthday, the princess pricks her finger on a spindle and falls into a deep sleep, along with everyone in the castle. A thick briar hedge grows around the castle, protecting it from the outside world.

After a hundred years, a prince hears about the sleeping princess and braves the briar hedge, which parts to let him through. He finds the princess and awakens her with a kiss, breaking the spell. The entire castle awakens & the prince & princess marry…